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LITTLE ROCK — A bacterial infection that often occurs during drought has claimed cattle in herds in Lonoke and Sebastian counties, Tom Troxel, associate head-Animal Science for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said Thursday.
Deaths were confirmed by the diagnostic lab of the state Livestock and Poultry Commission, he said. The disease is caused by Clostridium chauvoei, "and is easily and inexpensively prevented by a vaccine," Troxel said.
Blackleg typically appears during times of drought.
"With the dry conditions and the short supplies of forages, cattle are grazing closer to the ground," he said. "When this occurs, it is common for cattle to ingest small soil particles that may contain the blackleg bacterium."
Blackleg usually affects young cattle between 6 months and 2 years of age, but it's not unusual for adult cattle to die from the infection.
"The bacteria can cause severe lameness, depression and fever, but the most common symptom is sudden death," Troxel said. "Other outbreaks of blackleg have occurred following excavation of the soil, which suggests that disturbances in the soil may expose and activates blackleg bacterium."
The vaccine to prevent blackleg costs about 70 to 80 cents per dose.
"If you compare the cost of the vaccination to the value of a calf — $650 to $750 — it makes perfect sense to vaccinate all calves," he said. "The loss of one calf valued at $700 would pay for 1,000 doses of blackleg vaccine."
As with any medication, it is very important to read and follow the label directions. Some blackleg vacations required two vaccinations four to six weeks apart. If the label states a second vaccination is required, the second vaccination must be given in order for the calf to be protected. If the second vaccination is not given the calf is not protected against blackleg and is susceptible to the disease.
For more information about crop production, contact your county extension office or visit www.uaex.edu, or http://Arkansaslivestockdotcom.wordpress.com.


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Empathy is not the same as sympathy or pity – it is more like seeing the person's side from inside their skin.
By Deborah Trierweiler
A recent article in YES! magazine talks about the human quality of empathy; that is, being able to understand how another person feels from their viewpoint, and using this awareness to guide how we behave. Empathy is not the same as sympathy or pity – it is more like seeing the person's side from inside their skin.
It used to be thought that humans are by nature concerned about ourselves alone. Author Roman Krznaric says the new science says humans are instead "wired for empathy, social cooperation, and mutual aid."
Empathy is important because it helps to make us more moral people, and because it improves the quality of our own lives as well as the lives of others. Empathy also is a valuable tool we can use to change our community and our society for the better.
While development of empathy begins in childhood, through close and secure relationships with the important adults in our lives from age zero to two, it turns out that empathy is a quality that can be practiced and developed our whole lives.
Krznaric says there are six habits that "highly empathetic people" have, which not only distinguish them from others but that we can learn from to become more empathetic ourselves. Here are his six.
Habit 1: Talk with strangers
Be curious about people outside your circle of family and friends, and talk with them beyond just a howdy-do. Set a goal to talk with one person a week you don't know, and try to see the world through their eyes.
Habit 2: Challenge prejudices and discover commonalities
Work to see people as individuals, not through the label we have for them. Look for common experiences, common problems, to bridge the gap between "them" and us." Discover what you share with another to overcome the judgment you might have about the group you lump them into, and what you think you know.
Habit 3: Try another person's life
Experiment with doing something outside of what you might usually do, with people you might not typically interact with. Volunteer at a food pantry, worship in a house of faith different from yours (especially if you are an atheist!), become a tutor of English as a second language. You get the idea … practice empathy where it may be a challenge, and outside your comfort zone.
Habit 4: Listen hard — and open up
Be really present to the person you are speaking with. Listen deeply for more than only their words – try to feel the emotions behind the words. And then be open and vulnerable enough to risk sharing your feelings with them.
"Empathy is a two-way street that, at its best, is built upon mutual understanding—an exchange of our most important beliefs and experiences," says Krznaric.
Habit 5: Inspire mass action and social change
Remember the public outpouring of grief and support for the victims of 9/11, the tsunami in Sumatra, the earthquake in Haiti and, more recently, the shootings in Newtown, Conn. These events can bring out empathy for the victims in each of us individually, but also can inspire the desire to do something collectively to change the situation for the good.
Habit 6: Develop an ambitious imagination
The ability to empathize doesn't stop with applying it to people who are living at the edge of our community and struggling – those who are poor, for example. We also must practice empathy toward people we disagree with, even people we consider to be our adversaries. If we believe in gun control, we need to practice all of the above habits with people who are gun enthusiasts – and vice versa. Developing tolerance is a way to work together to create social change.
Empathy is a means toward changing relationships. And this is what will change the world.
To read Krznaric's article on the "Six Habits of Highly Empathetic People," click here.
DEBORAH TRIERWEILER is parent liaison with Ionia County Great Start Collaborative (ICGSC) and a member of the Ionia County Peace Community. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Kitaro Sushi MenuShare
Appetizers and Side Orders
- Chahan
Kitaro's tasty Japanese fried rice
- Fried Tofu
Breaded slices of Japanese tofu fried until golden and served with tempura sauce
- Gyoza
The tastiest Gyoza around! Pork and Vegetable pot stickers steamed to succulence and served with tangy gyoza sauce
- Harumaki
Our version of lumpia - fried Japanese spring rolls served with Gyoza sauce
- Kani Salad
A cool salad to start your meal! Made of kani and cucumber dressed with mayonnaise, nori and ebiko
- Kitaro Salad
Shrimp, mango and asparagus pieces bedded on top of sliced cucumber and lettuce topped with Japanese mayo and ebiko
- Maguro Salad
Raw tuna strips mixed in a blend of Japanese mayo and ebiko topped on a bed of lettuce and sliced cucumber
- Miso
Healthy miso soup with silken tofu
- Oyaku Salad
Cooked pieced of chicken breast on top of lettuce and sliced cucumber topped with our own vinaigrette dressing
Rice Toppings
- Beef Yakinikudon
Beef slices marinated in yakiniku sauce and served with seasoned namuro
- Bibimba
Spicy ground beef topped with fried egg and served with seasoned greens and namuro
- Katsudon
Golden brown breaded pork cuts toppped with fried egg and assorted vegetables
- Tuna Teriyakidon
Fillets of fresh tuna cooked in our special teriyaki sauce and served with seasoned namuro
- Unajudon
Sumptuous broiled eel flavored in our special teriyaki sauce
- Gyoza Fried Rice
2 pcs gyoza with Japanese fried rice
- Tofu Steku Rice
2 pcs breaded tofu with vegetables and mushroom sauce on a bed of steamed rice
- Omu Beef Rice
Omelette stuffed with rice, ground beef, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, bell pepper, onion and nori with a special omu sauce
- Seafood Chuukadon
A delightfully filling rice bowl. Topped with assorted seafood favorites like ika, ebi and maguro (tuna), and mixed with shiitake mushrooms and fresh vegetables; sauteed in Kitaro's delicious donburi sauce!
- Oyakudon
Breaded chicken fillet served with egg and assorted vegetables
- Gyudon
Flavorful beef slices topped with egg and assorted vegetables.
- Tendon
An assortment of shrimp, okra and eggplant tempura dipped in tempura sauce and served over rice.
- Sukiyakudon
Japanese hotpot of beef slices, sotanghon, tofu, egg and vegetables over steaming rice
- Salmon Teriyaki
Salmon fillets coated in special teriyaki sauce with seasoned namuro
Bento Meals
- Chicken Teriyaki Bento
Chicken slices in teriyaki sauce served with rice, namuro and salad
- Beef Yakiniku
Savory beef slices in our special yakiniku saice served with rice, namuro and salad
- Tonkatsu
Breaded pork cutlets drizzled with tangy tonkatsu sauce served with rice, namuro and salad
- Sakana Furai
Breaded fish fillet drizzled with tangy tonkatsu sauce served with rice, namuro and salad
- Mixed Tempura
Assorted ebi and vegetable tempura served with rice, namuro and salad
- Miso Ramen
Thin noodles and pork in miso
- Seafood Ramen
Thin noodles with assorted seafood in soup
- Sukiyaki
Japanese hotpot of beef, sotanghon, tofu, egg and vegetables in our special sukiyaki soup
- Tempura Udon
Thick noodles with ebi tempura and kakiage in our tasty broth.
- Yakisoba
Stir-fried noodles with beef, shrimps and vegetables - a classic favorite!
- Yakiudon
Thick noodles with hearty amount of beef, shrimp, vegetables and squid served sizzling in our special sauce
- Gyoza Ramen
Thin noodles and gyoza in soup
- Niki Udon
Thick noodles with succulent beef and vegetables in our tasty broth
- Shoyu Ramen
Thin noodles with sliced pork and vegetables in soup
- Nabiyaki Udon
- Assorted Sushi Regular
Tamago, Kani, Maguro, Ebi
- Assorted Sushi Special
Ebi, Kani, Maguro, Salmon, Unagi
- Chirashidon
Assorted Sashimi ( Ebi, Tamago, Tuna, Salmon) and Kani Sarada over a bowl of sushi rice.
- Kani Sushi
- Salmon Suhi
- Tamago Sushi
Sweetened Egg
- Tekkadon
Tuna Sashimi and Kani Sarada served over a bowl of sushi rice
- Maguro Sushi
- Unagi Sushi
Broiled Eel
- Ebi Sushi
- Uni Sushi
Sea Urchin
- Salmon Gunkan
Spicy Salmon and Cucumber
- Ebi Sashimi
- Kani Sashimi
- Mixed Sashimi Regular
Tamago, Kani, Maguro, Ebi
- Mixed Sahimi Special
Ebi, Kani, Maguro, Salmon, Unagi, Uni
- Salmon Sashimi
- Tamago Sahimi
Sweetened Egg
- Tuna Sashimi
- Unagi Sashimi
Broiled Eel
- Uni Sashimi
Sea Urchin
- Maguro Tataki
- California Maki
Best Seller! Kani, mango, cucumber in mayonnaise topped with ebiko (shrimp roe)
- Futo Maki
Large rolls with kani, cucumber, kampyo and takuan
- Kani Maki
- Kappa Maki
- Salmon Skin Maki
- Spicy Crunchy Tuna
Tuna with spicy mayonnaise and a special crunch
- Tekka Maki
- Unagi Makki
Broiled Eel
- Tamago Maki
Sweet Egg
- Ebi Maki
- Assorted Temaki
- Tuna Temaki
- Unagi Temaki
Broiled Eel
- California Temaki
Kani, mango, cucumber, ebiko
- Salmon Temaki
- Uni Temaki
- Ebi Temaki
- Kani Temaki
Sweet Delights
- Fruit Jello
- Mango Pannacotta
- Green Tea Pannacotta
- Taho
- Chicken Teriyaki
Our very own! Tender chicken slices marinated and cooked with a smoky hickory flavor.
- Kakiage Tempura
Strips of vegetables and sweet potatoes coated and fried in tempura batter and served with Kitaro's special tempura sauce
- Shrimp Tempura
Enjoy mouth-watering Black Tiger shrimps in a crunchy coating with Kitaro's special tempura sauce.
- Tofu Steku
A delightfully healthy dish! Breaded Japanese tofu highlighted with a sauce of mixed vegetables and shiitake mushrooms.
- Japanese Steak
Succulent beef tenderloin strips seared over a sizzling plate in our very own Japanese steak sauce. Served with namuro, tomatoes and Baguio beans. (Only available in certain branches)
- Yasai Itame Teppan
A delicious assortment of stir-fried vegetables - a perfect addition to any meal.
- Salmon Teriyaki
Savory salmon fillets cooked in our very own teriyaki sauce.
- Seafood Teppanyaki
A mouth-waterin dish of choice seafood - salmon, tuna ika (squid), ebi (shrimp), and fresh vegetables sauteed in flavorful teppanyaki sauce.
- Mixed Tempura
A combination of shrimps and vegetable strips coated with our tempura batter and fried to its crunchiest.
- Kisu Fillet Tempura
Asohos fillets coated in our tempura batter and fried until delectably crunchy
- Cream Dory Steak


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Tony Tortorice, Washington state's CIO and Department of Information Services director, has decided to resign after little more than a year on the job.
Tortorice is expected to leave in mid-October, in the meantime helping the state transition to his successor, who has not been named. Tortorice's decision to resign was confirmed by a spokesperson from Gov. Christine Gregoire's office on Monday, Sept. 13.
Tortorice said in an e-mail to colleagues that it was his desire to spend time with family that precipitated the move. Tortorice did not respond to phone calls for comment placed to his office at the DIS.
Tortorice and the Department of Information Services have been working to push forward a shared services initiative in the state government that includes desktop support, e-mail, servers and disaster recovery. As part of that effort, the state was scheduled to move all state agencies' data and IT applications to a newly built data center by 2015.
According to a Sept. 3 news brief written by Washington state, Tortorice has been working to assemble an enterprise program office that will manage complex and large IT projects, working independently of the Department of Information Services. Jim Albert, the deputy director of operations at DIS, is set to lead the office, according to the brief.
An executive steering committee was also working on the language of a proposed executive order that would create an Office of the CIO. "In the latest draft, DIS would be distinct from the Office of the CIO, becoming purely a central service provider of 'utility computing,'" the brief said. In the plan, the Office of the CIO would manage the state's IT strategy and resource allocation.
There is no timeline yet for naming Tortorice's replacement, the Gregoire spokesperson said. A search committee is typically organized by the state's personnel department to identify and screen qualified candidates.
Gregoire named Tortorice state CIO and DIS director in May 2009. Tortorice replaced Gary Robinson, who had served since 2005, in the dual role.
Prior to working for Washington state, Tortorice was CIO of L.A. Unified -- the nation's second-largest school district. He also formerly worked as an IT executive for the Los Angeles Community College District -- the largest system of community colleges in the U.S. -- and was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Tortorice isn't among the numerous state CIOs who are awaiting their fate after November's gubernatorial elections. Gregoire's term in office runs through 2012.
Matt Williams was previously the news editor of Govtech.com, and is now a contributor to Government Technology and Public CIO magazines. He also previously served as the managing editor of TechWire, a sister publication to Government Technology.2


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MSU soccer team plans to go on attack
Mississippi State soccer coach Neil Macdonald said he has the tools to go on the attack this season.
Macdonald expects to use a more aggressive style and believes that plan will work.
"We've got a good group and I think we can do very well," Macdonald said. "The key is keeping our top 15 to 16 players healthy. If we do that, I think we can have a really good run at it and we're excited.
"We have a more attacking team than we've had in the past. We have options to play attacking soccer and to be a team that really the best form of defense is to attack."
Macdonald said there's a balance of veterans and younger players on the squad with the top returners back from last year.
He likes the leadership from his senior class with Leanna Baldner, Danielle Kite, Kat Walsh and Ashley Hood. They helped the Bulldogs to school records in wins (eight) and shutouts (four) last season.
"They've played a lot of minutes over their careers and we have a good supporting cast behind them," Macdonald said. "I feel like we have more depth than we've had in the past at each position."
Mississippi State opens the season today at Tennessee-Martin. The match begins at 4 p.m.
Macdonald hopes to get some early answers about the Bulldogs against a team that won the Ohio Valley Conference last season.
"Obviously, we have a short preseason so we should see a lot of things that should be highlighted to us since it's our first competitive match," Macdonald said. "We know they are a good team and they are well-coached so it will be a good challenge for us opening up."


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The Historical Association of Lewiston is holding its once-a-year organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28. Those in attendance at the Lewiston Village Pub will hear about the business side of things, including financial reports and news about programs and projects. Dues-paying members will also vote for candidates for the board of trustees.
Volunteer Lee Simonson will offer a presentation on the biggest project ever undertaken by HAL: the Tuscarora Heroes Monument. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how this project is progressing toward its ultimate unveiling on Dec. 19.
Simonson is the author of the "Tuscarora Heroes" book and was recently awarded the "Spirit of 1812" medal - the highest national honor bestowed by the United States Daughters of 1812.
This meeting is open to everyone - members, prospective members and the general public.
The Lewiston Village Pub is located at 840 Center St.


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Give the gift of clean water to children in the developing world!
Access to clean water is the single most important issue facing children the world over, and the most vital resource we can provide to ensure them a better quality of life.
Splash (formerly A Child's Right) is a non-profit organization working to provide children in developing countries with access to clean and safe drinking water. Splash staff have worked in the most extreme conditions, with some of the worst water imaginable. In all instances, they have been able to provide every location with clean and safe drinking water for years to come.
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- Clean water for children in Ethiopia. The average health clinic in Ethiopia serves 300 - 400 children per year, while the average orphanage houses between 50 and 200 children, almost all of whom have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
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The water systems most frequently installed are ultrafiltration (UF) and ultraviolet (UV) water purification systems, the same ones used in most bottling plants and hospitals in the United States. They are capable of cleaning 300 - 600 gallons per hour. The systems rid the water of virtually all bacteria, viruses and other pathogens.
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This course examines images of women represented in various forms of texts including Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist scriptures, novels, poetry, Chinese art and films. Through close reading of these texts from 600 BCE to modern times, the course seeks to explore women's power, spirituality, and gender roles in different periods of Chinese history. The course will also focus on a comparison between the "woman" as an ideological construct and the actual living experiences of women, and between images constructed by male and female writers.
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Lose yourself in 214 acres of heath, gorse and coppice encompassing a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), ancient woodland and military defences designed to give Napoleon a run for his money.
The woodlands of Danbury and Lingwood Commons hide their 107 metre high ridge-top location on one of Essex's highest hills. For centuries, self-sufficient commoners under the Lord of the Manor's watchful eye came here to graze their domestic animals, cutting down scrub and trees for fuel and creating an open landscape. Today we carefully manage the common in a similar way using simulated grazing by tractor to encourage the growth of rare flora and fauna.
See if you can trace clues to the common's unlikely use as a centre of military operation. From early times, Danbury's elevated position between the Crouch and Blackwater estuaries has been turned to strategic defence and army encampment. Between 1780 and 1815 threat came with the Napoleonic Wars whilst the First and Second World Wars saw the area used extensively as training grounds.
Don't miss exploring Blakes Wood, an ancient woodland on a sloping site spanning 100 acres of clear streams, valleys, mighty oaks, chestnuts and coppiced hornbeam. In spring our woodland floor is a riot of colourful wild flowers, including one of the best bluebell displays in the area, primrose and yellow archangel.
On the south-western edge of Danbury is Backwarden Nature Reserve, leased to Essex Wildlife Trust who manage a block of nearly 250 acres on Danbury Ridge; a mosaic of woodland, common and heath, streams and bogs. This is a great place to look out for wild flowers, reptiles (including adders), nesting birds and insects.
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Young artists and their adult companions investigate art in a museum gallery, explore fun new art techniques in the classroom, and take home a unique creation. Choose between the morning or afternoon program. Juice will be served.
Let's search for pictures of birds in the museum galleries, and paint, cut and paste together our own "tweet" little songbird and birdcage.
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Lately, it's difficult to be heard above the constant screaming negativity towards Apple's latest operating system.
Heck, I'm guilty of joining the chorus too, this is a piece I wrote on this blog last week: Five user experience problems with iOS7. It's a fair summation of the problems with iOS7, in fact it only scrapes the surface according the comments underneath it.
As Marc Shillum (featured in this post about Apple and the key to consistent marketing experience) stated recently, what we perceive to be the product, the iPhone, is in fact "an ongoing service relationship with a company that is delivered through software we have little control over".
Basically the operating system is the product, not the phone. No wonder there's so much outcry when Apple tweaks its operating system, or as with iOS7, completely rewrites it.
So in order to inject some positivity into the conversation, and to provide much needed balance, here's a list of brilliant things about iOS7.
Let's start small
The Clock app tells the right time now...
I know this is only minor but it's attention to details like this that makes the UX that much more rewarding and gives you confidence in the developer.
Now if only they can make the Weather app constantly represent what's happening outside and the Compass always pointing in a relative direction then I'll be really happy.
Kick out the chrome
Removing most of the chrome from the design has given the display a much needed contemporisation.
The old grey bars on the top and bottom are gone. Instead we can now witness Ghost Rider in all his flaming, full-screen glory.
There's a financial positive here in that Apple has basically saved itself from manufacturing bigger screens and handsets, by making the iPhone appear bigger with nothing but a mere optical illusion.
Control Centre
Apple's new Control Centre, accessed simply by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, is a brilliant cross-section of easily accessible features.
Here you can switch wi-fi, Bluetooth and sleep mode on & off quickly.
It also provides you with a brand new torch feature (admittedly it just leaves the flash on, but still, it's very handy.)
You also have fast access to music controls and here's an under-appreciated one – brightness controls, which are usually hidden in the general settings.
Lock screen music controls
This has made my commute a far easier experience.
Without unlocking your phone or double tapping the home button, you can now directly skip tracks, pause and see the full track details of whatever is currently on the iPhone stereo.
Great if you're in a rush but you really need the right T'Pau track to help power your way there.
This also works for the Spotify app as well as iTunes.
Find My iPhone
We saw this at work in our office only last week when someone who shall remain nameless (alright, Matt our head of social) lost his iPhone quite innocently and soberly in a taxi.
Find My iPhone has been part of the iOS for a few years, but now there's an added bonus – Activation Lock.
The moment you turn on Find My iPhone, your lost iPhone will lock itself and can't be unlocked, erased or reactivated without your Apple ID and password.
You just have to remember to keep Find My iPhone switched on in your settings. Isn't that right Matt?
You're probably aware that you can double-tap the home button to access any currently running apps, and that by swiping up you can kill a specific app.
Did you also know that you can kill up to three apps at the same time by using multiple fingers? You do now. You're welcome.
This screengrab was achieved with no small amount of teamwork by the way.
Timestamps in Messages
A quick little tip, based on something that I'd become quite frustrated with until today. How do I know what time a message was sent?
"I'll be there in ten minutes" a message might read. "Ten minutes from when?" I'll scream at my nearing-sentient device.
Just swipe to the left to reveal all the timestamps.
Apple has introduced a few more improvements in it's most recent update, which address some initial user experience problems.
If you were one of the many users experiencing motion sickness from the 'zooming in and out' feature when turning an app on or off, or the parallax floating effect in the background, good news – you can turn it off now.
Just go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Reduce Motion. You'll also find this lessens the drain on your battery and processing power.
There's also been some bug fixes to certain user's inability to send iMessages over the data channel and the addition of iCloud Keychain functionality to aid security.
Your thoughts...
I've already talked long enough elsewhere in the iOS7 problems post about how much I admire the new non-skeomorphic design, which really is the most immediate and definitive improvement within iOS7.
Now it's your turn. There's been plenty of commentary based on the rubbishness of iOS7, so why don't you let us know how great the iOS7 is instead in the comments below…
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I had to use my wife's iPhone 4S the other day when helping her with her email and it was strange how dated iOS6 seemed.
For me, the transition to iOS7 and iPhone 5S is a breath of fresh air and a massive leap forwards. After spending a good deal of time with it, I wouldn't want to ever go back.
It's funny how hate is the first response to an Apple update. Except for maps. That was such a flop. The flack was well deserved.
Personally, I like it a lot. I don't miss the old look at all (although the lock screen clock is a little harder to read. The ultra light font is in general).
The shortcuts to everything are really helpful, but I've noticed myself scrolling through pages and pulling up the control center by mistake though. That's a little annoying - but I don't mind adapting for the other cool stuff.
The swipe to go back/forward feature in Safari is nice. I use an iPhone4, the oldest phone it will work on, and it feels faster and more responsive than it has in ages - regardless of what others say, it's given me a reason to hold on to my aging handset for another generation.
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It's taken 7 versions (and multiple dot releases) of an operating system to get to "The Clock app tells the right time now."
Does that not strike anyone else as [odd / unbelievable / fill in your own shock statement here]?
So now all we need is a half way decent mail app.
IOS7 is great, I'd rather see increments of valuable additions in an OS then blatant lets-think-of-everything-before-people-actually-use it approach
Great article by the way
One thing that irked me in the "missing" chrome is how some items are now impossible to see if your background image includes some white spots. Apple used to add some shadowing to all elements to make sure they stood out no matter your chosen background and that is no longer the text. I now have to either struggle to see the clock or battery status on my iPad or find another picture of my three kids to use.
I think the improvements far outweigh any issues, as the UI is nicer IMO and it has some neat features particularly around image management and email deltion and call blocking . I don't remember having any issues with the clock ( you should try dealing with a Blackberry ! ) - but then I am old school so also wear a wristwatch. The biggest problem has been battery life , but now I understand how to disable apps and thanks to this article reduce motion control - am hoping that will improve.


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Idle No More plans New Year's Eve protest in Winnipeg
After taking their movement to the Manitoba legislature and other prominent public spaces in the past few weeks, supporters of the First Nations Idle No More are poised to step up their activism with a possible traffic blockade at Winnipeg's major intersection on New Year's Eve.
The timing of the event at Portage and Main appeared uncertain on Saturday as word of possible 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. starts spread through Facebook and Twitter. At least one online notice said participants will gather at all four corners of Portage Avenue and Main Street before leaders "direct the people to the centre" of the intersection to "form a circle" around musicians.
"If you're going to have a movement, go big or go home," said Shelley Cook, founder of the Missing and Murdered Women of Manitoba website.
The Idle No More protestors are opposed to Bill C-45, which they say denies their treaty rights and sovereignty while threatening the environment.
At issue is the removal of environmental protections for thousands of waterways in Canada, many of which cross through or are on First Nations land.
The bill also allows for reserve lands to be sold to private corporations.
So far, protests and flash mobs have occurred in public places like shopping malls, and there have been blockades of roads and rail lines in northern Alberta and southwestern Ontario.
Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence has been on a hunger strike since Dec. 11.
"How else are you going to actually raise awareness? In a corner somewhere?" Cook said. "If you're going to do it, you may as well do it big. It might make some people angry."
Michael Champagne, local spokesman for the movement, wasn't yet certain whether the downtown round dance would be held in the afternoon or at night.
"I believe we were working co-operatively with Winnipeg police on permits," Champagne said, adding he finds it "encouraging to see young people getting involved in politics in such large numbers" at the cross-Canada, aboriginal-organized protests.
City police did not return a call for comment on any plans they have for handling traffic during the rally at Portage and Main.
Another Facebook notice said that in addition to the round dance on the street, a "feast" and other events will be held the same evening at Thunderbird House on Main Street.


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Companies join forces to deliver Expert System platform in Europe
Jan 23, 2014, 01:43 EST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LogicNets, Inc. announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with leading Dutch technology solutions provider ICT Automatisering (ICT). The two companies are joining forces to offer LogicNets' state-of-the-art Expert System to customers in Western Europe. The impetus for this new cooperation was the November 2013 awarding of the contract with PALGA, the Dutch national pathology foundation, to automate and ensure the accuracy of pathology reporting throughout the Netherlands.
Aart Wegink, Sales Director ICT Automatisering: "Today, the rapid availability of knowledge and information is essential. Based on our experience with the LogicNets expert system at PALGA, we see numerous opportunities to deploy this system in a number of industries in the markets in which ICT is active, including healthcare and complex technical support departments. Thanks to the unique self-learning aspect of LogicNets' platform, ICT is firmly convinced that this solution will provide our clients with real value."
Jelle Ferwerda, CEO LogicNets: "The LogicNets expert system platform is unmatched in automating critical knowledge applications such as medical synoptic reporting and automated customer support and self-service. LogicNets already counts NASA, Ford Motor Company, Ingersoll Rand, and Illumina among its prominent US clients. Thanks to our partnership with ICT, we have now significantly increased our presence and potential in continental Europe."
About ICT Automatisering
ICT Automatisering (ICT) provides superior technological solutions in the information and communication technology domain, particularly in these verticals: Automotive, Logistics, Machine & Systems, Industrial Automation, Energy & Utilities, and Healthcare. ICT offers solutions through secondment of highly-educated, experienced staff to implement project-based systems solutions, and offering services to maintain ICT systems. For more information on ICT, please visit http://www.ict.eu
About LogicNets
LogicNets is a Washington, DC-based software company that provides expert decision support software and solutions. Since 2004, LogicNets has focused on the development of its LogicNets platform which allows organizations to capture their expertise and make it available on-demand to all staff, partners, and customers via on-line applications accessible from any location or standard device. LogicNets is offered either as a cloud-based hosted service (SaaS) or a locally installed web-enabled application, administered by the customer. For more information on LogicNets, please visit http://www.logicnets.com.
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Rachel Nichols as Kiera Cameron and Victor Webster as Carlos Fonnegra in "Continuum." (Syfy)Link
Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon), left, and Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) in "The Following." (David Giesbrecht / Fox)Link
"Do No Harm" actor Steven Pasquale. (NBC)Link
Addison Timlin, left, Scott Michael Foster, Carmen Ejogo and Anthony Edwards in "Zero Hour." (ABC)Link
Det. Sgt. Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn), left, Det. Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew MacFadyen) and Emily Reid (Amanda Hale) in "Ripper Street." (Jonathan Hession / Tiger Aspect / BBC)Link
Matt Davis as Jeff, left, and Jessica Lucas as Skye in "The Cult." (Jack Rowand / The CW)Link
Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates, left, and Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates in "Bates Motel." (Joe Lederer / A&E)Link
David S. Goyer, right, and Tom Riley on the set of "Da Vinci's Demons." (Grace Cromey-Hawke/Starz)Link
Tony Curran as Datak Tarr, left, Julie Benz as Amanda Rosewater and Graham Greene as Rafe McCawley in "Defiance." (Ben Mark Holzberg / Syfy)Link
"Fringe" might have just concluded its run last week with an emotional two-hour finale, but that's hardly reason for discerning genre television fans to despair. AMC's hit zombie series "The Walking Dead" picks up its run of third season episodes next month, while HBO's lavish fantasy serial "Game of Thrones" returns for its third season in March. And there's a host of new, interesting offerings as well.
Some, such as "Continuum" and "Ripper Street," have been road-tested in other countries. Others, such as "Defiance," are totally unknown properties with serious world-building potential. And then there's "Bates Motel," which might be the only show that can tout links to Alfred Hitchcock and "Lost." Not too shabby.
Following is a look at some of the most interesting options heading your way this spring — and yes, "The Following" made the list.
"Continuum" (SyFy): This Canadian science fiction series premiered in the U.S. on Jan. 14, but it's already aired its first season north of the border and has been renewed for a second season. The story centers on a group of rebels who have been convicted as terrorists in the year 2077 but escape back to the Vancouver of 2012. However, a police inspector travels back with them and attempts to apprehend the baddies in our present day. Rachel Nichols, Victor Webster and Erik Knudsen star. Fans of "The X-Files" will want to watch for William B. Davis, who played the mysterious Cigarette Smoking Man on Chris Carter's landmark series.
"The Following" (Fox): Kevin Bacon comes to the small screen as FBI Special Agent Ryan Hardy in the scary, gory serial killer thriller from "Scream" writer Kevin Williamson. The twist here is that the main killer, Dr. Joseph Carroll (James Purefoy), is behind bars, but he's cultivated a vast army of wannabe serial killers ready and willing to commit murder with allusions to Edgar Allan Poe. The level of violence in the show, which premiered Monday, is more intense than standard network fare; it will be interesting to see how that kind of bloodletting will play in the current political environment.
"Ripper Street" (BBC America): In this drama, the detectives of H Division fear Jack the Ripper has returned to terrorize Whitechapel. Matthew Macfadyen ("Pride & Prejudice") and Jerome Flynn ("Game of Thrones") play the detectives walking the crime-ridden streets; Adam Rothenberg plays a U.S. Army surgeon and former Pinkerton detective who teams up with them to solve the murders. The Times' Mary McNamara called the series "well-written and certainly well-acted." The Ripper may have been all too human, but the unsolved nature of his crimes and the Victorian setting give this series a sufficiently spooky, supernatural vibe. The eight-part miniseries debuted late last year in England and premiered in the States on Saturday.
"Do No Harm" (NBC): "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is revamped as a modern network medical drama. Steven Pasquale ("Rescue Me") stars as a successful neurosurgeon whose personality changes every night at 8:25 p.m. His night-time persona, as you might expect, isn't exactly Prince Charming. NBC tried this type of split-personality drama once before, with the Christian Slater spy series "My Own Worst Enemy." That show aired just nine episodes before it was canceled. "Do No Harm" premieres Jan. 31.
"Zero Hour" (ABC): "ER" star Anthony Edwards returns to television playing the editor of a magazine dedicated to investigating conspiracy theories. When his wife goes missing, Edwards uncovers a globe-spanning conspiracy involving Nazis and, um, clocks. "Zero Hour," which premieres Feb. 14, was created by Paul Scheuring ("Prison Break") and also stars Scott Michael Foster, Addison Timlin, Jacinda Barrett, Carmen Ejogo and Michael Nyqvist.
"Cult" (CW): Follow along closely. This gets a little meta. "Cult" tracks what happens when the fans of a TV series on the CW titled "Cult" appear to be re-creating the crimes covered in the show; only a blogger (Matt Davis) and a low-level employee of the show (Jessica Lucas) can figure out what the heck is going on. The series was created by "Farscape" mastermind Rockne S. O'Bannon, and is executive produced by Josh Schwartz of "Chuck" and "The OC" fame. Premieres Feb. 19.
"Bates Motel" (A&E): How exactly did Norman Bates wind up dressing up like his mother and stabbing women in the shower? This series from "Lost" executive producer Carlton Cuse and "Friday Night Lights" producer Kerry Ehrin aims to explore just that with some high-level acting help from Freddie Highmore ("Finding Neverland") as young Norman, Vera Farmiga as Mrs. Bates and "Lost's" Nestor Carbonell as the local sheriff. Though prequels are tricky ground, the trailers for this one look mesmerizing. Premieres March 18.
"Da Vinci's Demons" (Starz): David S. Goyer brings superhero flourish to historical drama with his serialized tale of the life of Leonardo da Vinci, who runs afoul of the all-powerful church as he evolves into a famously free thinker in an often rigid society. English actor Tom Riley portrays the gifted Renaissance artist. Goyer arguably is best known for his work on Christopher Nolan's Batman films and as the screenwriter for the upcoming Superman movie, "Man of Steel," but he's yet to find the same kind of success on TV, too. His most recent series, "FlashForward," lasted just one season on ABC. Premieres April 12.
"Defiance" (SyFy): Prior to "Cult," Rockne S. O'Bannon developed this ambitious science fiction drama scheduled to premiere April 15. Set in the near future, a prolonged war between humanity and colonizing alien species has left Earth nearly uninhabitable. Grant Bowler stars as a former soldier who returns to his hometown of St. Louis, only to find it's been turned into a refugee camp called Defiance. Seeing a need for law and order, he becomes the town's sheriff. Julie Benz plays the mayor; Tony Curran, one of the many aliens populating the town. With two new languages developed for the series and a related MMO game that will be available for Xbox, PlayStation and PC, this promises to be the kind of deep dive into world-building that genre fans love.
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CHEEKWOOD ANNOUNCES FALL 2013 ART EXHIBITION: More Love: Art, Politics and Sharing since the 1990s
NASHVILLE, TN. – Cheekwood is pleased to announce an innovative, groundbreaking exhibition planned for fall entitled More Love: Art, Politics and Sharing Since the 1990s, which explores the deep human need for connection in a world heavily influenced by technology, globalism, and gender and sexual politics. The exhibit will open in Cheekwood's Museum of Art on September 20, 2013.
This is the first major exhibition to investigate the many ways contemporary artists have addressed the subject of love: as a political force, as a philosophical model for equitable knowledge exchange, and as social interaction within a rapidly changing landscape of technology and social media.
More Love brings together 45 works by a diverse group of nearly 30 artists working in the last two decades in a range of media—video, photography, sculpture, sound, participatory art projects and choreographed events—to investigate the ways we express love today
"In the 1960s, the call for love was revolutionary and built around unity; today, it is more of an idealized plea than a movement," said guest curator Claire Schneider. "This exhibition explores love as an undercurrent in a culture of people overloaded with ways to connect but still wrestling with isolation. I wanted to examine love, personal relationships, and community engagement through the lens of contemporary art. What has changed in the political, economic, technological, and co-production aspects of our world in the last twenty years to affect the way we interact with others? My goal was to show love's complexity as well as its transformative power."
More Love is a dynamic and sometimes daring artistic experience for visitors, inviting them to engage with the artwork on display and in many cases, participate with each other to create it. In one work, Rivane Neuenschwander's First Love creates art from the visitor's own history as they set up advance appointments with a forensic artist to sketch their first love as they would verbally describe him or her from memory. Several other works in the exhibition make collaborators of the audience, as well. Yoko Ono's Time to Tell Your Love, for example, asks visitors to contribute by documenting their own acts of affection with a photograph as a part of an ever-evolving collection of proven love.
"Untitled" (Ross in L.A.), is one of the exhibition's three works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who Schneider describes as "the Andy Warhol of this generation." In this piece, Gonzalez-Torres invites his audience to participate in the communion of giving and receiving when they take a piece of candy and eat it in the gallery, in memory of his soul mate who died of AIDS. Gregory Sale's Love for Love features a trough of metal buttons imprinted with love-inspired texts created by the homeless and other less-heard voices in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Visitors are encouraged to take a button and wear it, as well as notice the buttons worn by others as they circulate through the exhibition and into the community. The goal of both works is to foster dialogue, tolerance and awareness long after the viewer leaves the gallery.
In addition to the aforementioned artists, an impressive list of celebrated contemporary artists will be represented, some with new commissions and site-adapted installations, including Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Janine Antoni, Louis Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Sharon Hayes, Jim Hodges, Dario Robleto, Kateřina Seda, Gillian Wearing and others.
"More Love is a fascinating exploration of love in contemporary art, expressed in ways that are sometimes radical, thought-provoking and interactive," said Jochen Wierich, Curator for Cheekwood's Museum of Art. "We're excited to present this incredible exhibition, particularly a contemporary show of this scale. We're committed to promoting and hosting art that surprises and challenges our audience in unexpected and groundbreaking ways. This exhibition does just that."
In addition to the exhibition in Cheekwood's galleries, More Love will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated, 240-page catalogue with essays by Claire Schneider, Jonathan Katz, and Dario Robleto, among others, and interviews with Laura Nakadate, Gregory Sale, and Kateřina Šedá. Additional materials —ranging from Twitter feeds to facsimiles of love letters—from artists in the exhibition are also included.
The exhibition will run from September 20, 2013 – January 5, 2014.
About the Curator
Independent Curator and Consulting Curator of Contemporary Art at the Ackland Museum of Art Claire Schneider worked for ten years as Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, before becoming Senior Curator at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. She has organized over 60 exhibitions and new commissions with Laylah Ali, John Armleder, Nick Cave, Liam Gillick, Jim Isermann, Nina Katchadourian, Paul Noble, Virginia Overton, Leo Villareal, Pae White, Mel Ziegler, and Andrea Zittel, among others. Scheider served as a guest curator for Cheekwood in 2010, overseeing three Temporary Contemporary projects, by Virginia Overton, Aaron Rothman and Mel Zielger as well as the group exhibition Soaps, Flukes and Follies. Schneider's highly interactive and immersive projects include Extreme Abstraction, Seriously Funny, Rewind Remix Replay: Design, Music and Everyday Experience and Architecture + Art: 90 Days Over 100º.
About Cheekwood
Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Our mission is to preserve Cheekwood as an historical landmark where beauty and excellence in art and horticulture stimulate the mind and nurture the spirit. Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville, 8 miles southwest of downtown Nashville. Open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, seniors $10 and children 3-17 are $5. Parking is $3 per car. Admission during Bruce Munro LIGHT Nights will be $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 for children 3-17, and $5 for Cheekwood members. For further information call 615-356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.


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Allmendinger tries out car for Penske at Sebring
Feb. 20, 2013
SEBRING, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Allmendinger wasn't trying out for a job so much as trying out a race car for his former employer at Sebring International Raceway on Tuesday.
But the end result could be the same.
After losing his job driving for Penske Racing's Sprint Cup team last year because of a drug suspension, the 31-year-old acquitted himself well in his return to open-wheel racing after a seven-year absence, team officials said.
And he will be entered in his first Indianapolis 500 in the car on May 26 if sponsorship is secured.
"We're not really testing A.J. We're letting A.J. test the car and the program and if we run a third car, it's going to be with him," Penske president Tim Cindric said. "Our initial plan would be to try and run him at Indy."
The team chose to use Allmendinger over Ryan Briscoe, who drove Penske's third car from 2008 until last season.
Cindric said the plan calls for Allmendinger to test the car again at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama in March and then enter the race there on April 7.
With no oval races on the IndyCar schedule before the Indianapolis 500, he would likely be allowed an oval test before his rookie orientation at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Cindric said.
"This is kind of an introduction to a modern-day IndyCar, is how we're treating it," Cindric said.
Allmendinger was suspended by NASCAR in July after failing a random drug test and released by Penske when a backup "B'' sample also tested positive for a banned substance.
He completed NASCAR's "Road to Recovery" program and was reinstated in September, but has yet to find work.
Penske offered Allmendinger — who won five races and finished third in the Champ Car standings in 2006 — another chance with his open-wheel team.
After admitted nervousness on Tuesday — including reflexively grabbing a hand clutch positioned where the gear shift used to be in the last version of a Champ Car he drove — Allmendinger was seventh of 13 drivers and within .632 seconds of leader in the morning session on the narrow and fast 1.7-mile road course, surprising Cindric.
"I feel like I got within a second of the lap time real quick, then you're like, 'Oh, I got this.'" Allmendinger said. "Then all of a sudden you're like, 'God, it's hard to get the second second, and that's the thing that makes these things so tough."
Allmendinger was 12th-fastest by the end of the session at 6 p.m., but roughly the same amount of time behind leader Takuma Sato.
Will Power, who raced briefly in Champ Car with Allmendinger, wasn't surprised his would-be teammate was adapting quickly.
"It didn't take him long," Power said. "You can imagine after a couple of tests he will be probably right back on top of things again, like, setting the pace, so, it's good, good for us to have someone quick as him."
Allmendinger said awaiting a verdict on sponsorship would not be difficult, even with so much out of his hands.
"You see my last six months? I've been waiting for a long time," he said. "The waiting doesn't matter to me. All this process I've learned a lot about myself and become a better person. As bad as it sounds, it's the truth in life. All you can do is take care of yourself and do the things you can control. ... I never expected this phone call to begin with. I'm already happier than I've ever been."


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Leeward Community College hosted the Pacific Region Learning Summit (PRLS) on May 24-28 on its Pearl City campus. The summit was designed to assist the transformation of instruction by incorporating problem-based learning or reshaping course content for online delivery.
PRLS was a partnership between faculty from Leeward Community College, De Anza Community College, Foothill Community College and National Science Foundation. Guest experts from Oracle Corporation, SRI International and Kapiʻolani Community College participated in the learning summit. PRLS incorporated industry and community involvement through a "Meet and Greet" lunch activity and a "Speed Meeting" where faculty met one-on-one with industry representatives within the local community. PRLS was a huge success and will be an annual event.
Details on the program, schedule and participants are online.


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Brewery, beer garden, restaurant, and event location
The brickwork ambience of this Kreuzberg brewery offers a unique atmosphere and seating for up to 180 people. There is room for 60 on the terrace facing the street, and the beer garden in Volkspark Hasenheide has 140 sunny spots far away from any street noise.
The brewery's premises are ideal for private and business functions and offer plenty of room for tour groups.
After the shutdown of both the Schultheiss Brewery years ago and the Berliner Kindl Brewery on Rollbergstrasse at the beginning of 2006, the "Brauhaus Südstern" is now the only brewery in Kreuzberg and around Hermannplatz.
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Too Big To Fail?
President Obama has proposed the largest defense budget since World War II.
The Pentagon released its budget for fiscal year 2011 this afternoon, and it is enormous—much larger, even adjusting for inflation, than any budget since World War II. What's more, some numbers buried within the budget suggest that it's set to grow larger still in the coming years—to a greater extent than the White House or the Defense Department acknowledges.
One bit of good news: Defense Secretary Robert Gates is more honest than his recent predecessors about how much money he's really requesting. The figure for FY 2011 is $708.2 billion—consisting of $548.9 billion for the "baseline" budget plus $159.3 billion to pay for "overseas contingency operations," mainly the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. And, by the way, he says, tack on another $33 billion to the current year's budget, to pay for the 30,000 extra troops (and all their supplies, weapons, and so forth) that President Obama is sending to Afghanistan.
All told, that's $741.2 billion in new money—and Gates is upfront about it.
In the past, defense secretaries, in presenting their budgets to Congress, have pretended that the costs of war are completely separate from the rest of the military budget. And they've itemized those war costs very sketchily, if at all. By contrast, Gates breaks down that $159.3 billion in some detail ($89.4 billion for operations, $21.3 billion to repair broken equipment, $13.6 billion to train the Afghan and Iraqi security forces, etc.).
Still, $708.2 billion, the sum requested just for fiscal year 2011, is an extraordinary chunk of change. The Center for a New American Security (hardly a dovish think tank) calculates that, adjusting for inflation, this sum is 13 percent higher than the defense budget at the peak of the Korean War, 33 percent higher than at the peak of the Vietnam War, 23 percent higher than at the peak of the Cold War, and 64 percent higher than the Cold War's average.
Granted, the comparisons aren't quite commensurate. For one thing, payroll costs are much higher for an all-volunteer military, and over the past 10 years, Congress has passed pay increases totaling 64 percent. (Military personnel costs are now nearly 20 percent of the defense budget; health care eats up another 5 percent and is climbing.) But on the other side of the equation, the U.S. military consists of far fewer servicemen and -women than before. The United States no longer needs massive garrisons to stave off a Soviet invasion of Western Europe, nor does it face any prospective enemy that approaches its global reach in air or naval power.
Let's assume that all the money Gates is requesting for war-related costs—some $192 billion in this and next year's budgets—really is related to the war. (Donald Rumsfeld, Gates' predecessor, treated those accounts as a slush fund.) What about the half-trillion-plus "baseline"?
Last year, in the FY 2010 budget, Gates cut or killed a slew of weapons programs that he (and many others) considered unnecessary or ineffective: the Air Force's F-22 fighter, the Navy's DDG-1000 destroyer, the more high-tech components of the Army's Future Combat Systems. Today, he's calling for an end to the C-17 cargo-transport plane (we have enough of them) and a second engine for the F-35 fighter (the one it has already is fine). But, except for a handful of teeny programs (including some I'd never heard of), that's it.
For the most part, the big-ticket weapons programs are on the rise: $25 billion for 10 new ships, including two Virginia-class submarines and two DDG-51 destroyers (to make up for his killing the more "advanced" DDG-1000 last year, perhaps). Gates is requesting another $10 billion on missile defense (a billion more than last year). And he is requesting $11 billion for 43 more F-35 fighter planes.
One thing about the F-35, the joint Air Force-Navy fighter that Gates wants to accelerate after halting production of the more costly, somewhat more capable F-22: It's having problems. The problems are so severe, Gates announced today, that he's withholding $614 million in fees from its contractor, Lockheed-Martin (which also made the F-22), and he's fired the plane's program manager.
This is a potentially big story that raises several questions. For instance, is the F-35 going to turn out so riddled with problems that Gates will regret killing the F-22?And more immediately, why is he penalizing the contractor, canning the program manager—yet, at the same time, vastly increasing the buy?
I have a theory: He can't cut it too deeply, especially after cutting the F-22, without raising holy hell inside the Pentagon.
There has been one constant in the defense budget ever since the mid-1960s: the money has been divided almost exactly evenly —never varying by more than a couple of percentage points—among the Army, Navy, and Air Force. For all of Gates' apparent rationality, the same is true in this budget: 32 percent goes to the Army, 35 percent goes to the Navy, 33 percent goes to the Air Force. (For more on this, click
In other words, the Defense Department is a monstrous bureaucracy, and its budget is a political document—a set of weights and balances to keep the natural tensions from erupting out of control. (In the 1950s, when budgets were very tight, and before this tacit pie-splitting deal was worked out, the service chiefs saw one another as, quite literally, enemies. For an example, click
Gates is slashing, trimming, and rejiggering along the margins—more so than any defense secretary since Robert McNamara (and taking a lot more care than McNamara ever did to bring the service chiefs along). Yet there may be only so much he can do.
If he can't cut much more, though, Obama's nascent cost-cutting efforts may be in trouble. And in this regard, the White House budgeteers—the number-crunchers in the Office of Management and Budget—are misleading him a bit.
In the OMB's voluminous documents, there's one set of tables projecting each federal department's budget—including the Defense Department's—across the next 10 years, from FY 2011 to FY 2020. This projection feeds into estimates of future expenditures and, thus, deficits. According to this projection (which has little to do with the Pentagon's own estimates, and even less to do with reality), the DoD budget goes down from $708 billion in FY 2011 to $616.4 billion in FY 2012.
Now the $708 billion includes $159.3 billion in war costs, while the $616.4 billion … well, it includes some war costs, namely an arbitrary $50 billion "placeholder" for "out-year overseas contingency operations."
But unless Obama decides to declare victory and pull out of Afghanistan in 2012, actual war costs are going to be substantially more than $50 billion. That means the DoD budget for that year will be substantially larger than $616.4 billion—and the deficit will be larger than whatever the OMB officials are projecting it will be.
Looking at how the OMB breaks down that $616.4 billion, we can infer that the real defense budget will be a lot bigger. For instance, the projection assumes that costs for operations and maintenance will go down from $317.1 billion in FY 2011 to $212.2 billion in FY 2012. That's impossible, even if the war did wind down considerably. It assumes that military personnel costs will decline from $153.8 billion in FY11 to $142 billion in FY12, even though the Army is scheduled to grow and pay is scheduled to go up by another 3 percent. And it assumes that procurement of weapons systems will go down from $137.5 billion to $120.3 billion, even though in fact the cost of weapons will go slightly up.
Again, Gates has nothing to do with any of this sleight of hand. In fact, according to one senior Pentagon official, the White House has promised the Defense Department an increase of $100 billion over the next five years—and that's just in the baseline budget, not including extra money for fighting wars.
So, one of two things is likely to happen in the next couple years. Either the budget—the overall federal budget—and the deficit will zoom higher than the White House is projecting. Or Obama will order his budgeteers to stop playing with numbers and give Gates the authority to bulldoze through a few more bureaucratic barriers in the Pentagon.
Either way, there will be some ugly fights.


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ROCHESTER — When Gonic resident Elizabeth O'Malley arrived at Rochester Circuit Court early Monday morning for an arraignment, she said she didn't know what to expect.
She had been targeted by the Rochester Police Department's new initiative to hold parents accountable for their children's truant behavior in school and faced a violation level offense with a $310 fine attached.
But, as designed by the department's new program, O'Malley opted instead to pay only $20 and attend a diversion program at the police station, where she and her 17-year-old child will have to attend classes together for four weeks and learn about the importance of attending school.
Outside the courtroom, O'Malley expressed the grave difficulty she's had in connecting and disciplining her child over the years, though said she is open to attending the program.
"I'm willing to accept any help at all," she said.
Others were not as amenable to the charges. Arriving promptly for an 8 a.m. arraignment hearing Monday, several parents and guardians spoke with Det. Steve Gahan about their options since receiving court summonses for their students. Of seven Rochester residents charged, four parents pleaded no contest, opting to take the diversion program, and two entered a not guilty plea.
Judge Dan Cappiello told the courtroom as he arraigned them the truancy statute is not a new law — it has been existing for some time — and it is every parent or guardian's responsibility to get their minors to school promptly and consistently.
For the parents who opted to take the diversion program, they were ordered to have "one year of good behavior," where if their children attend school consistently, the charge will be placed on file. During that time they must be willing attend the diversion program and complete it "successfully," Cappiello said.
Tammy Batista, Maria Murphy, Elizabeth O'Malley and Lisa Dexter, charged with two counts for each of her children, all pleaded no contest and have agreed to take the diversion program at the police station for $20 each, to cover the cost of a specialist.
Nicanne Brown and Sandra Coombs each pleaded not guilty and will have a trial date set for March 28 in Rochester Circuit Court.
Finally, Alice Segura did not attend the arraignment and a bench warrant was issued for her arrest with a $1,000 personal recognizance bail order attached.
Outside the courtroom Murphy, of Upham Street, and Batista, who said she moved to Barrington recently after her children had difficulty in the Rochester school system, said they were sisters. They said they were surprised to see each other at the courthouse and both stressed they had done everything they could for their struggling teens.
Murphy, who has a 16-year-old, said she has tried working with both the school administration and the police department, but to no avail.
'They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing," Murphy said. "…I've done everything that I'm supposed to do."
Batista said she worried the diversion program would have no effect on her 14-year-old.
"I really don't think it's going to work," she noted.
O'Malley told Foster's her child used to receive assistance through the Children in Need of Services (CHINS) state program, but since cutbacks at the state level, the program has become narrowed and she said her family doesn't have the support they need.
The Rochester Police Department previously said the new truancy policy with diversion program aimed to charge the parents in the city who "don't care" about their child's student attendance. But O'Malley said she believes that statement doesn't apply to her.
"I'm definitely trying …," she said. "I'm absolutely going to try and stand up for myself."


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co791 wrote:
Keep in mind that every lender has their own set of rules......FHA is only the insurer. Depending on the lender you still may have to pay down those collections despite the change in FHA policy.
This has always been the case.
If the lender require collections to be paid..... Find another lender.
You can ALWAYS ask up front BEFORE application if that bank requires collections to be paid. <= If they waffle at all on the topic, find another lender and apply with them. ;-)
Is there a difference in the handling of disputed accounts and if so, what is it?
Per FHA previous guidelines...
If the credit report reveals that the borrower is disputing any credit accounts or public records, the mortgage application must be referred to a DE underwriter for review.
From there it would be up to the underwriter. To my understand they request that you remove the comment unless it is more than 2 years old.
I guess this is great news,the lesser of 2 evils.Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you for your contribution.Can you explain some more about the roll back the proposed dispute accounts rule? We would greatly appreciate it.
golo wrote:
Thank you for your contribution.Can you explain some more about the roll back the proposed dispute accounts rule? We would greatly appreciate it.
old rule:
If the credit report reveals that the borrower is
disputing any credit accounts or public records,
the mortgage application must be referred to a
DE underwriter for review.
proposed rule:
If the Automated Underwriting System using the TOTAL
Mortgage Scorecard rates the mortgage loan application as an
Accept, the mortgage application will no longer be referred to a
DE underwriter for review due to disputed accounts, as long as
these accounts meet both of the following conditions:
The total outstanding balance of all disputed credit
accounts or collections are less than $1,000,and
Disputed credit accounts or collections are aged two
years from date of last activity as indicated on the most
recent credit report.
they rescinded the proposed rule.
not it is back to underwriter discretion.
my internal guidelines say that the disputes have to be 'resolved'
many banks are the same.
best advice? => get all of the disputes resolved before you get your credit pulled. <= this gives us a valid credit score.
also.... the bureaus might leave a 'statement' on the account saying that you dispute the acccount. this doesnt mean that the account is actually in dispute.... it means that you dont agree and are saying so with a statement.
bad news about that: underwriter cannot tell if it is an ongoing dispute or a statement.... so you will have to get the statemeent removed as well.
best practice with regards to disputes: contact each bureau and have them remove ALL DISPUTES and STATEMENTS OF DISPUTES from the reports.
did that make sense?
Thanks for taking the time to write the detailed explanation.
I'm assuming the "new rule" was causing make deals to fall apart, and for that reason they decided to cancel it
Thank you very much Dallas!
I have 2 old car repossessions that are 3-5 years old. I have been current on all bills paid in the past 2 years a long with the car note. EX: 628, EQ;609, and TR: 621. Do you know if you can get a loan with these showing as having a balance?


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Jennifer Lawrence takes aim at Oscar rivals on 'SNL'
Jennifer Lawrence poked fun at her Oscar rivals while hosting comedy show Saturday Night Live.
The actress held nothing back as she took aim at fellow Best Actress nominees Naomi Watts (The Impossible), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), young Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and French actress Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) in her opening monologue.
Lawrence quipped, "Jessica Chastain… in Zero Dark Thirty, you caught bin Laden, so what; in Winter's Bone, I caught a squirrel and then I ate it…! Naomi Watts, you know what else is impossible – you beating me on Oscar night."
She then turned on nine-year-old Wallis, adding, "You think you can beat me? What are you talking about, Wallis? Also, the alphabet called; they want their letters back," and concluded by stating Riva is "an 85-year-old French lady, yeah I think I can take you. You know what I say about your Oscar chances, Emmanuelle? Emmanuel Riva-derci!"
Lawrence qualified each catty remark by stating how much she admired her Oscar competition, making sure they all knew she was joking.
The actress is nominated for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.
During her stint on SNL on Saturday, Lawrence also reprised her Hunger Games character Katniss Everdeen for a press conference comedy skit and she also took on Cate Blanchett's Elf Queen role in a Hobbit spoof.